#4E8CB5#4E8CB5

#4E8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.090 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB5
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -7.88, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 28.67, 254.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0455 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.09 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8574, 23.7102, 47.1845)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB5 #B5774E

analogous

#4EB5AA #4E8CB5 #4E58B5

triadic

#4E8CB5 #B54E8C #8CB54E

tetradic

#4E8CB5 #AA4EB5 #B5774E #58B54E

square

#4E8CB5 #AA4EB5 #B5774E #58B54E

split-complementary

#4E8CB5 #B54E58 #B5AA4E

monochromatic

#284A60 #3A6B8B #4E8CB5 #79A8C7 #A4C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4E8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.090 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adcb',
    500: '#4e8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb5;
$custom-light: #87adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.883,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61539,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB5

secondary

#C6AB99

accent

#8757D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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